Improved tanners  hook



PATENTED JULY 28, 1868.

J. HOFFMAN.

TANNERS HOOK.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I JAMES HOFFMAN, of Belvidere, in the county of Warren, and State of New Jersey, have invented a nesv and improved Tanners Hook; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, elear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had'to the accompanying'drawing, forming part of this specification, in which-'- The figure is a side view of mj improved tanners' hook, part being broken away to show theconstruction. My injentionhas for its object to furnishan improved hook for tanners' use, in handling hides in the vet, which shall be so constructed an'darrangedas to handle the hides without injuring their grain.

rt ndit consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of .the hook. as hereinafter more fully deser'ibed,

A is the handle of the hook, which is made of the usual. length and size.

To the lower end of the handle-A is attached a hook, B, which may be made in about the shape and size of an ordinary tann'ers ho'ok, except that the end or point of the hook is out ofi' square, as/shown in'the' figure.

0 is a lever, which is pivoted to the shanklof the hook B.

The forward end of this lever is rnade square; and is so bent or curved that, when closed, it mayexaetly mee't t'he end of the hookB, so as to grasp the, hide. between them. i The rear endof the leber C'is so formed, that when the forward end of said iever is iaoved away from the hook B, the said rear end may lie alon and so as not to interferewith the movement of the hook in the vat.

To'the rear-end of the lever C is pivoted the lower end of the connecting-rod D, the upper end of which is pivoted to the ring E, which passes around, and slides up anddown upon-the lower part or end of the handle A.

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, To the opposite sides of the ring E areattaohedthe-lower ends of two rods F, which are placed and work' in longitudinal grooves in the opposite sides of the handle A. and the upper ends of which are attached to a ring, G, sildin g upon the handle A. v I p By moving the ring G up upon the handle A, the forward end of the lever C will be drawn forward against the point of the hook B, so as to grasp and hold the hide.

Qn or more other rings G, may be attached to the rods F, in difi'erent; positions upon the handle A,-aoc'ording to the place in which the hand will naturally be in handling hides at difl'erent depths in the vat. v

H is a 'wire spring, coiled aroundthe-lower part of the handle A, the lowerond of which rests against the ring 13,. and the upper end of which rests against the ring I, stationarily attached to the handle A for this purpose, so that the pressure of said spring may force the forward end of the lever G away frorn the hook B, when the ring (1? is released from the h'and.

'I claim as new, and des ire to secure hy'Letters Patent- 1. Pivoting a lever-hook, Cfto the shank of a'tannera hook B, substantially as hereifiehown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

'2. The combination of the lever-hook G, connecting-rod D, sliding ring E; sliding rods F, one or more sliding rings'G, and the coiled spring H. with each oth erpnd withth'e hook B and handle A, substantially as herein shown and desribed, and for-the purpose set forth.

JAMES HOFFMAN.

Witnesses WILLIAM Housman,

HENRY Kitties. 

